Adventurous and Sustainable Eating

The Perennial Plate

This was a good day. Not completely a-typical, but one where we felt like something special had happened — The ideal of what we hoped this trip would be. So instead of dividing this episode into two stories, we wanted to take you through the entirety. We started with Jason Woods — a fisherman/diver on fire for the cause of sustainable seafood and local economies. We then met at the community garden of Alberta Salazar, a former strawberry laborer from Oaxaca. Dinner combining the two stories ensued. This was a good day “on the road” where the story of food, labor and community in America unfolded.

I was out foraging black trumpets and chanterelles on Saturday and realized it was largely your fault. TPP led me to the Minnesota Mycological Society. Yesterday morning I was picking wild black raspberries at 8am, and the heat index was already 96.

episode 62. good. would have felt more satisfaction about this had it been fleshed-out. just started
to get into the real enjoyment that something like this brings about the human condition when i felt
like i was thrown out on my backside. still kind of wondering what happened to the story i was enjoying
so much. “don’t do me ‘dat way. please”

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Bravo you two. You inspire me. Wish I would have caught up with you in PDX. Come back soon. Let me know if you need a sweet spot to crash and eat the worlds finest oysters if you reach the hood canal. Cheers

They were in Malibu, and then in Oxnard, CA (the strawberry capital of the U.S.). Check out the community garden they visited at http://www.communityrootsgarden.org/. It’s a 1 acre shared farm on the land of a United Methodist Church where many of the volunteers are former or current farm workers.

What a great find…..”Jason Woods” A down to earth, interesting, inspiring kinda guy…. I’d buy him a beer! Is there any more info around what he’s doing?

Thing is about the jobs going to China…. put 2 products on the shelf 1 for $25 the other for $50 and 99% of people will choose the $25 one. The Chinese are willing to work for $50 a month Americans aren’t…. thats reflected in the price on the shelf!

Same with food…. the organic, local, sustainable food is always going to be more expensive than industrial food. If people want change they need to put their principles a touch bit closer to their wallets/purses.

I really love this series and everything you are doing. I can’t express well in words how grateful I am to be reinspired by you over and over again. This episode really brought back all the emotions that got me hooked in the first season, great great work on this one! Thank You!